Keep getting results

When you get the results you're after, that's great. When the results fall short of your expectations, that's great too because you gain valuable knowledge and experience.

 

If you're going through a difficult stretch, keep going and you'll get yourself beyond it. If you're getting unsatisfactory results, keep making the effort, keep getting results and as you grow more effective with each attempt, you'll eventually get it just right.

 

With each action you take, you make a difference. The more experience you have at making a difference, the more skillful you become at making that difference exactly what you want it to be.

 

Look back at how far you've come since you started. See and understand how even the disappointing results have helped you to find your way forward.

 

With every effort, regardless of the outcome, you've made a step in the direction of the results you seek. Always expect the best, no matter what has happened before, for your results will move steadily toward your expectations.

 

Keep going, keep making the effort, keep making a difference and keep getting results. Each day, each action brings you ever closer to the goal.

-- Ralph Marston

Imagine intensely

Imagine yourself filled with energy and enthusiasm. The more vividly you imagine it, the more real that energy and enthusiasm become.   See yourself working with purpose, focus and discipline. Imagine yourself being positive, decisive, and eager to take whatever action is necessary.
 
Imagine yourself being the person you've always wanted to be. Imagine, in rich and glorious detail, living the life you've always dreamed of living.
 
Imagine a positive and fulfilling image of yourself, doing what you know is right for you, giving your very best to life. Imagine living each day with positive purpose, love, compassion and effectiveness.
 
Imagine yourself surrounded by beauty, experiencing true joy and fulfillment. Imagine yourself always finding a way to make a valuable contribution to each and every moment.
 
Imagine yourself at your absolute best, and hold that image firmly in your mind, day after day and moment by moment. Imagine intensely and persistently, and you will make it be.

-- Ralph Marston

WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT CHANGE‏

There are many things you can change, and there are many things you simply cannot change. Both kinds of things can add value to your life.   With the things you can change, you have the opportunity to improve the circumstances in your own life and in the world around you. In dealing with the things you cannot change, you can grow stronger and develop real wisdom, patience, acceptance, and flexibility.
 
There is much you can learn from the things you cannot change. You can use that knowledge and experience to positively affect those things you can change.
 
The things you cannot change give you a base from which to work. The things you can change give you an ever-increasing world of possibilities.
 
By gently accepting what you cannot change and finding positive ways to deal with it, you lay the groundwork for success. By understanding what you can change and finding positive ways to put that change to work, success and achievement begin to happen.
 
What a blessing it is to live in a world where there are both things you can change and things you cannot. Each turn of events, in its own way, gives you the opportunity for adding richness to life.
 
-- Ralph Marston

Just do

There is no need to try. Just do.   Feel what you feel without judgment or regret. Those feelings connect you with the power of your authentic purpose.
 
Use your head wisely to follow your heart faithfully. There's much that you can think, and yet even more that you can know.
 
Let the experience of each moment come, and then let it go. Rest assured that the goodness will stay with you always, because you love it so.
 
Be now in spirit where you would most like to be. Imagine waves of pure joy as they carry you along.
 
Somewhere within you, all is well, no matter when, no matter what. Feel the peace of knowing the beauty of who you truly are.

-- Ralph Marston

I've Learned

I thought you would enjoy this bit of wisdom that I have been sent....it really was an eye-opener...Enjoy!!

I've Learned:
That we are not human beings having a spiritual experience
we are Spiritual Beings having a human experience
I've Learned:That none of us is as wise as all of us
I've Learned:Not to wait until people do things exactly right
before praising them
I've Learned:
Praising one another is the strength of warriors 

I've Learned:
That in this life success is not forever
and failure is not fatal
I've Learned:
That anything enjoyable and worth doing
does not have to be done perfect
I've Learned:
It's more important as a leader to be respected
than to be popular
I've Learned:
That trying is just a noisy way of not doing something
I've Learned:
Don't cheat yourself, it ain't worth it
I've Learned:
That sometimes when everything looks right it's still wrong,
And when everything looks wrong, it's still right
I've Learned:
You should take what you do seriously,
uplift others; esteem others higher than yourself
I've Learned:
At times it's good to dim your lights
this gives others a chance to enjoy the moment
I've Learned:
That the trouble with being in a rat race is,
even if you win you're still a rat
I've Learned:
That real understanding comes when people are safe from fear
I've Learned:
It's not only different strokes for different folks,
It's different strokes for the same folks
I've Learned:
That life is what happens to you
while your planning on doing something else
I've Learned:
People without revelation can not act by unction
People with revelation are compelled to act by unction
I've Learned:
A river without banks is a large shallow puddle
A person without convictions is without banks
I've Learned:
That there is absolutely no pillow as soft as a clear conscience
I've Learned:
That knowing where you are going is the first big step to getting there
I've Learned:
That you can watch a persons habits and you'll know their thoughts
I've Learned:
That spontaneous, inspired or gut actions are usually the right ones
I've Learned:
Weighing your actions can become burdensome,
forget them and move on
I've Learned:
Always admit your failures quickly and humbly,
the people already know when you've erred,
but they'll appreciate your right spirit
I've Learned:
To understand that not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of providence
I've Learned:
People really know when you care,
don't fake it because they will always remember
I've Learned:
Falling by failure is terrible, but failing to get up is fatal
I've Learned:
That difficulties and problems do not defeat people
lack of faith in ourselves usually does that.
I've Learned:
It is truly amazing how much you can accomplish
if you don't care who gets the credit

 

God Bless you!!!

Thank God for Good Fortune

What a joy and a privilege it is to be alive on this beautiful, one-of-a-kind day. Life is increasingly abundant and the possibilities have no end.

 

Just to experience it all is amazing. To be able to make a difference is truly a blessing with no equal.

 

Though it can be easy to feel sorry for yourself, doesn't that option seem rather silly? After all, just consider the incredibly good things you have going for you on this day, in this life.

 

Sure, there are some pains and problems. Yet they are easily overwhelmed by the countless opportunities for joy and fulfillment.

 

Life's goodness is so common and pervasive that you often don't even notice it's there. Choose today to notice it, choose to be thankful for it, and choose to make even more of it.

 

Celebrate your incredibly good fortune to be here on this day. Joyfully make it the best one yet.

-- Ralph Marston

START MAKING PROGRESS

The opportunities you have are too beautiful and too valuable for you to let them pass you by. Stop making excuses and start making progress.   What you imagine, you can begin. What you begin, you can finish.  

It's all a matter of choosing to get it done. That's a choice you can make in any and every moment.

 

Sure, there are challenges and yes, you'll have to step outside your comfort zone to make the necessary efforts. The great thing is, you're fully capable of doing whatever it takes.

 

You can, if you will. You will, when you make it meaningful enough.

 

There's great value to be found as you make your way through this day. Seize the opportunity, make the necessary effort, and bring that value to life in your world.

-- Ralph Marston